CATM trains Team Minot

Senior Airman Bailey Lake, 5th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance student, takes apart an M249 light machine gun at the CATM site on Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 1, 2017. To qualify on a firearm at CATM, every student must be able to break down and rebuild the firearm. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)

CATM trains Team Minot

Staff Sgt. Aaron Weber, 5th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor, instructs a student at the CATM site on Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 1, 2017. CATM instructors are security forces personnel who train military members on how to properly use firearms. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)

CATM trains Team Minot

A 5th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance student loads a magazine into an M249 light machine gun at the CATM site on Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 1, 2017. CATM provides firearm training to personnel on the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)

CATM trains Team Minot

A 5th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance student fires an M249 light machine gun at the CATM site on Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 1, 2017. CATM instructors work with each student as they learn how to properly use this firearm to ensure the safety of the student and those around them. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)

CATM trains Team Minot

A few 5th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance students clean ammunition links off the floor of the firing range at the CATM site on Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 1, 2017. CATM instructors teach a few different firearms, including the M249 light machine gun, to personnel before deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)

CATM trains Team Minot

Published Feb. 6, 2017
By Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers
Minot Air Force Base Public Affairs

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. --

5th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructors teach CATM students on the proper use of an M249 light machine gun at the CATM site on Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Feb. 1, 2017. CATM instructors are security forces personnel who train military members on the proper use of firearms. To qualify on a firearm at CATM, every student must be able to break down and rebuild the firearm before using it on the firing range. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)